This photo ran on Page One in The Gazette on June 16, 1959. The Mercury-Atlas 6 flight achieved orbit on Feb. 20, 1962.
Posted by: Diane Langton/SourceMedia Group News | June 16, 2009
Collins and Project Mercury – 1959
Posted in 1950s, Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Tags: Collins Radio, manned space capsule, McDonnell Aircraft Corp., NASA, orbital flight, Project Mercury
I am trying to contact David V. Wendell, a former Gazette reporter and Marion, Iowa, resident concerning stained glass information. Thank you for your assistance.
By: Joe Clark from Lockport, IL. on January 10, 2012
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The last information I found in our archives on David Wendell is a story written by columnist Dave Rasdal in 2006. At that time, Wendell was a resident of Chicago. He was never employed by The Gazette as a reporter.
By: Diane Langton/SourceMedia Group News on January 10, 2012
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